| Acronym | Meaning |
| RUCS | Rapid Update Cycle Surface |
| SESAME | Second European Stratospheric Arctic And Mid-Latitude Experiment |
| MDM | Multiplexer/demultiplexer |
| STS | Space Transportation System |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| JIC | Joint Implementation Committee |
| ABB | Asea Brown Boveri |
| LANDSAT | Land Remote Sensing Satellite |
| LOWL | Low Degree Oscillations Experiment |
| EOF | Empirical Orthogonal Function |